Short answer: Rohr takes the article das (das Rohr). It’s a neuter noun (German: neutral) and means “cane, reed” in English.
Rohr: word facts
- Article
- das
- Gender
- neutral (neuter)
- English
- Cane, reed
- Topic
- Nature and the outdoors
- Yupo level
- Beginner
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Why does Rohr take das?
No suffix rule covers Rohr, so learn it together with its article. In Yupo, das words are green. Picture Rohr as something green.
See the article rules →Rohr in the accusative and dative
Singular, with the definite article
| Nominativsubject: who? what? | das Rohr |
|---|---|
| Akkusativdirect object: whom? what? | das Rohr |
| Dativindirect object: to whom? | dem Rohr |

